the state of MNF

[OregonDucks]

I feel like Monday Night Football completely lost its "big time" stage feel when it moved from ABC to ESPN.

 

[Podunkparte]

Not to mention the 3+ hours of "coverage" leading up to the game. I just tune into C'Mon Man. Everything else could be covered in 1/2 hour

 

[The Derski]

It definitely loses its appeal when games like the Bucs vs the Dolphins get picked like next week.

 

[broncosmitty]

Thursday and Sunday NF are both far superior.

 

[The Derski]

Thursday and Sunday NF are both far superior.

Ill agree the SNF game is usually a good match up. But Many of the Thursday games are garbage.

 

[pumpkinhead33793]

People forget that games are decided before the season started so what sounds like a good matchup doesn't always end up one. Also, they always try and give a team a MNF game to help market a variety of teams.

 

[eric5577x]

I can live with SNF and MNF, but TNF has to go. Its terrible. Teams are not prepared, players who are hurt are more likely out because of the short week. It robs the fan of seeing stud players from another team, but if it was Sunday they would have played. I would rather see 2 Monday night games, one East coast(7pm), one West cost(10pm)

 

[NinerSickness]

I can live with SNF and MNF, but TNF has to go. Its terrible. Teams are not prepared, players who are hurt are more likely out because of the short week. It robs the fan of seeing stud players from another team, but if it was Sunday they would have played. I would rather see 2 Monday night games, one East coast(7pm), one West cost(10pm)

I don't know man. More days of the year with the NFL is irresistible to me.

 

[packerzrule]

SNF has the advantage of the "flex" schedule so the majority of those games are always competetive


besides, the announcers are far better as well

 

[Mondio]

Sunday is Football day. Monday's are ok, but since they switched to ESPN I rarely watch, regardless of who's playing. Unless it's GB I probably won't tune in for more than a couple minutes here and there to see the score. Thursday night? It should be ended and never brought back. If I didn't hear about a game on sports radio on friday mornings on my way to work, I wouldn't even know there was a game that night.

 

[Wazmankg]

What difference does it make what station it's on unless you don't have cable or something like that ? I like the Thursday night games too. The more nights, the better.

 

[broncosmitty]

Ill agree the SNF game is usually a good match up. But Many of the Thursday games are garbage.

I meant their coverage. ESPN is not on par with NBC or NFL network, IMO. (SNF has the best in studio by a wide margin). A lot of the Thursday nighters are pretty bad matchups. (Been a fan of Nessler for twenty years thanks to RAYCOM)

 

[eric5577x]

I would not mind if the moved the Thursday night game to a Saturday night. I know it messes with CFB, but not everyone watches the games that are on. IDK, just not a fan of Thursday night, only because of what I said before. But yes, more football is better!!

 

[ATL96Steeler]

It really has

imo the NFL has cannibalized it with TNF/SNF....when NBC was let back in with SNF, the fee had to come with picking rights over ABC/ESPN.

Better match ups and a 8 start time would help, but the old east coast/west problem comes into play.

 

[OregonDucks]

I don't get NFL network there for THursday night football I don't watch.

SNF is awesome, superior to all 3 of the night games. Great announcing and production.

MNF announcing is awful, very very bad. Like stated before the extreme overdone coverage of the entire game is not needed, c'mon man is the only good segment.

I think MNF needs to get an entirely new announcing team Tricio and Gruden are un bearable. they also need to go with better matchups, I know they don't have the luxury of SNF in picking games throughout the season, but isn't it logical to NOT pick teams like the Vikings, Dolphins, etc?

 

[ATL96Steeler]

I don't get NFL network there for THursday night football I don't watch.

SNF is awesome, superior to all 3 of the night games. Great announcing and production.

MNF announcing is awful, very very bad. Like stated before the extreme overdone coverage of the entire game is not needed, c'mon man is the only good segment.

I think MNF needs to get an entirely new announcing team Tricio and Gruden are un bearable. they also need to go with better matchups, I know they don't have the luxury of SNF in picking games throughout the season, but isn't it logical to NOT pick teams like the Vikings, Dolphins, etc?

I guess people like or dislike certain talking heads especially pregame...I'm convinced Collinsworth hates the Steelers and will always insert something negative, but aside from him on PIT games (which I normal turn down the sound), I really don't care much about the production.

 

[fordman84]

I don't get NFL network there for THursday night football I don't watch.

SNF is awesome, superior to all 3 of the night games. Great announcing and production.

MNF announcing is awful, very very bad. Like stated before the extreme overdone coverage of the entire game is not needed, c'mon man is the only good segment.

I think MNF needs to get an entirely new announcing team Tricio and Gruden are un bearable. they also need to go with better matchups, I know they don't have the luxury of SNF in picking games throughout the season, but isn't it logical to NOT pick teams like the Vikings, Dolphins, etc?

Did you know you can go to NFL.com and watch the TNF game streamed live? I didn't until recently. I don't like ESPN, I don't like their announcers, I don't like anything about them. I never watch MNF on ESPN. When Dallas plays they cover the game on a local channel and I watch it there.

 

[STBR 27]

Did you know you can go to NFL.com and watch the TNF game streamed live? I didn't until recently. I don't like ESPN, I don't like their announcers, I don't like anything about them. I never watch MNF on ESPN. When Dallas plays they cover the game on a local channel and I watch it there.

I like the pre and post game show in the NFL network, but they really need to get rid of Mayock, he is terrible.

 

[Cobiemonster]

The TNF games weren't so bad when they only had like 5-6 of them(starting in Mid-November) - but it's not really an appetizer anymore - the games are terrible mostly because there aren't any matchups where two good teams are going against each other

I would like to see them have a few Saturday night games on NFL Network too

The SNF games are usually good, although for some reason I haven't been able to get into them much this season - the MNF games aren't that good anymore, too much pre-game coverage for nothing and like the TNF games, the MNF games usually don't have matchups between two good teams

 

[TDs3nOut]

I like the pre and post game show in the NFL network, but they really need to get rid of Mayock, he is terrible.[/QUOTE]

Mayock is actually quite knowledgeable, in my opinion. He is very annoying, however. He is too self-congratulatory and, as another poster pointed out in another thread, he uses the word "football" far too often. No need to add "the football" every time after using the words "run", "throw", "catch", or "play". I think that is implied when watching a football game. I think he actually has a lot of potential, but someone needs to "coach him up".

The OP is obviously right, however, that the quality of MNF has really gone downhill since switching networks. Last night, however, was a game that I was really looking forward to. Too bad AR got hurt early in the game and Cutler was unable to play. Under normal circumstances Chicago v. GB is one of the better divisional matchups in the league.